Benin vs Kenya: Overall budget balance, including grants
Benin
-53.77 billion current LCU
in 2005
Kenya
-111.66 billion current LCU
in 2011
Benin rank
31st
Kenya rank
34th
Overall budget balance, including grants over time
- Benin
- Kenya
How they compare
Benin currently reports -53.77 billion current LCU against -111.66 billion current LCU in Kenya, a difference of 57.89 billion current LCU.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Kenya ahead.
Benin ranks 31st and Kenya ranks 34th of 51 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -57.46 billion current LCU | -6.14 billion current LCU | 51.32 billion current LCU | Kenya |
| 1990s | -38.69 billion current LCU | 4.79 billion current LCU | 43.48 billion current LCU | Kenya |
| 2000s | -43.47 billion current LCU | -18.30 billion current LCU | 25.17 billion current LCU | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher overall budget balance, including grants, Benin or Kenya?
- Benin, at -53.77 billion current LCU against -111.66 billion current LCU in Kenya as of 2005.
- What is the difference in overall budget balance, including grants between Benin and Kenya?
- 57.89 billion current LCU, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Kenya?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2005.
- How do Benin and Kenya rank globally for overall budget balance, including grants?
- Benin ranks 31st and Kenya ranks 34th of 51 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank country economists, published as Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Overall budget deficit is current and capital revenue and official grants received, less total expenditure and lending minus repayments. Data are shown for central government only, and are in current local currency.